Okay, I know Joan is a comedienne, and I've laughed at many of her routines throughout the years. But I think she went too far........very poor taste, imo:

"Just days after comparing her living arrangements on her reality show to what the women faced, Rivers kept it up. She told TMZ, the celebrity gossip program, that Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry should not complain: "They got to live rent free for more than a decade . . . One of them has a book deal. Neither are in a psych ward. They're OK. I bet you within three years one of them will be on Dancing with the Stars."

And she went on. In an apparent reference to a lack of sense of humor, she said, "The TV the guy gave them must not have had SNL.''

Joan is very protective of her own daughter. I saw Joan on Celebrity Apprentice, and she is a vicious Mama Bear who protects her cub. She should be more sensitive to what the girls and their families went thru. For goodness sakes, that creep impregnated one of the girls.Not funny at all.

Joan is very protective of her own daughter. I saw Joan on Celebrity Apprentice, and she is a vicious Mama Bear who protects her cub. She should be more sensitive to what the girls and their families went thru. For goodness sakes, that creep impregnated one of the girls.Not funny at all.

A slight correction: he impregnated two and made one have multiple miscarriages, and then allowed the child of the other to live.

Joan is a woman with absolutely no class whatsoever. I'm saddened she made the comment, but not surprised.

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"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends" - Harry Potter

Sometimes I think celebrities like Rivers just pretend not to have any human sensitivities. Then one of them proves they don't. It's clear that Joan feels that being rescued after being held in captivity for ten years is just another way to get publicity. Sort of like what they do on Jack@ss. You can almost hear the resentment - "How come they've got more attention over the past year than I did?"

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I think Miss Rivers is off her memory meds...bless her heart...which is probably in a jar at her plastic surgeon's office.

aaaanndd chai nearly came out of my nose thanks to that comment.

As for the "they're not in a psych ward" comment. I recall that in a trial regarding Elizabeth Smart, the defense team stated that her experience must not have been *that* horrible because she adjusted so well back to normal life once she was free again.

I don't see anything surprising about her comments. I don't really remember Joan Rivers being particularly subtle in her humor. She always says outrageous stuff like this - it's her style. And for her, it works. After all, look at all the attention she's getting over this.

She was kind of funny back in the old days but now she'd just nasty. But even back then, she was mean for always making fat jokes; her "jokes" are always...whats the word...such vicious personal attacks. Even in more current times, I use to like the fashion show, but can't watch anymore. The show nowadays is less about fashion and just an excuse for her to make nasty disgusting punch lines. And the worst part is, she can dish it but she can't take it.